Monday, January 13, 2014

Be excellent to each other!

This week
has been the best/least productive week so far on my mission haha. Last Monday
the six of us elders in our district went on a hike to the top of a mesa in
Lukachuki. It was so cool because you could see Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and
Many Farms from the top. But... I forgot to take my camera :P I will have to steal
some pictures from the new elder in Many Farms. His name is Elder Cook and he
got some good pictures of the hike. On Tuesday we had and awesome day for
teaching. We have so many people who are doing so good in the gospel I cant
help but feel exited! It's great to see Heavenly Father and his love for these
people and to see the blessings that come from Praying, Reading the Scriptures,
and Coming to Church. The members of the Church here have truly blossomed as
the rose like it says in D&C. On Wednesday, Elder Nicholson and I got sick
and stayed inside all day. We watched the hour long Joseph Smith Restoration
movie and it was awesome! I don't think I have seen that all the way through
before. We used the time that we had to think more about our area and I had a
chance to learn more Navajo. I can almost make sentences but my pronunciation
of the words are not the best. On Thursday we packed up some things and drove
to Window Rock, New Mexico, for Zone Conference. All day Friday was spent at
Zone Conference and it was really good. President Batt talked about the
Atonement and it was cool because afterwords we did a question and answer with
him and he gave some really profound answers. I like President Batt. We had
interviews about 6 weeks ago and I told him about Jared missing me while I am
on my mission and he prayed for Jared! He told me that he prays all the time
for our families :) Zone conference is like a big spiritual motivation boost
and after I just want to go out and do God's Work. On Saturday we had a funeral
for a relative of a family in the ward. It was done here at the Many Farms
building and it was super sad. After we went to the Chinle cemetery to lay the
body to rest. They didn't have anyone to be the pal-bearers so they asked us
missionaries to do it. We lowered the the casket into the ground and buried it.
Never want to have to do that again, not a fun experience. Yesterday was the
first day in 4 days that we were able to go out and teach. It was so fun! We
took out a 17 year old kid in our ward all day. He wants to go on a mission
when he turns 18 so it was good for him to see what being a missionary is all
about. He loved it and wants to go out with us more often! So, there's my week.
It was different, but I wouldn't give it up for anything. I think I have grown
more this week than I have in the past two weeks combined! Well, I sure Love
you guys! Keep up the family bonding stuff and don't forget to Choose the
Right! Be excellent to each other! haha Talk to you guys next Monday